244 Wang Guoli's first battle with Sun Lianzhong (please subscribe!)

Wang Guoli's first battle with Sun Lianzhong

The division commander Sun Lianzhong was shocked and suddenly realized that as the news of the two main divisions being completely wiped out, facing the unstoppable military front of the Ninth Army, he had invisibly entered a misunderstanding of his thought: as long as he withdraws from Hengshui County, he can get rid of the misfortune of being surrounded by the Ninth Army and being completely wiped out. //// Completely ignore it. Once he leaves the city, the Ninth Army, with its counterattacking troops, surrounded himself outside the city with the cooperation of the Ninth Army, he may face a tragic ending.

With the benefits of equipment and firepower of the Ninth Army, Sun Lianzhong was sure that on the field battlefield, the more than 10,000 Northwest Army soldiers in his hands were all iron-blooded veterans who had experienced many battle formations. However, in front of the Ninth Army, they were still vulnerable and had no room for revenge.

Therefore, once you are surrounded outside the city by the Ninth Army, facing the unstoppable military front of the Ninth Army, you will not even have the chance to stand firm and wait for assistance.

However, if we rely on the advantages of Hengshui County’s urban defense and defend the waiting for assistance, the Ninth Army will not be able to play the advantages they deserve when facing the threat of city defense fortifications and even street fighting fortifications. At that time, at least we will have the opportunity to stick to the county town and fight to the death with the Ninth Army.

Only twenty minutes left to break through... As the Chief of Staff said, twenty minutes were not enough to have more than 10,000 soldiers under his command, all of whom successfully broke through the blocking position of the Ninth Army and moved towards Shijiazhuang.

Since you cannot break through, it means that more than 10,000 soldiers who have left the city will be surrounded by the Ninth Army outside the city...

"No, no, no, no, no matter what, we can't fight the field with the Ninth Army outside the city. We can't afford to fight..." Division Commander Sun Lianzhong thought to himself.

After walking around the command center with both hands and a solemn expression on his face, he finally made up his mind and said to the Chief of Staff: "Chief of Staff, you are right. After the enemy's air force intercepted and harassed, there was only one road left in front of us. With the relatively solid fortifications in Hengshui County, we stick to the waiting for assistance..."

"The teacher is wise..." said the chief of staff in a relaxed breath.

The first brigade, which had not yet left the city, had long since given the order from Sun Lianzhong, and had long since failed to risk bombing, the thousands of officers and soldiers who had forced out of the city. They quickly dispersed in the battalion and returned to their base before they set out. The remaining 3,000 officers and soldiers of the Third brigade who had already left the city, faced the strong combat power shown by the 25th Division Guard Battalion, were like a group of stray dogs and retreated back to Hengshui County in a panic.

"Squeak..." A brake sounded, and the command vehicle was making waves of engine roar. After several hours of running, it finally stopped. The division commander Wang Guoli, just as soon as he jumped out of the car, the Chief of Staff Xu Guangyi's slightly excited voice rang out from behind.

"Teacher, good news, good news for Battalion Huang, the guard battalion..."

"Guard Battalion..." Wang Guoli, who had been waiting for this telegram for a long time, snatched the telegram, and began to browse it at a glance. Suddenly, a trace of joy appeared on Wang Guoli's face.

He said excitedly to his subordinates who had gathered around him: "Brothers, now I want to tell you a good news. Sun Lianzhong, the next target of my Ninth Army, has been successfully surrounded by my 25th Division in Hengshui County, and has completely become an isolated army, becoming the fat in our mouths, and eat whatever we eat..."

When Sun Lianzhong, who decided to defend Hengshui County, began to mobilize troops to deploy defenses with his rich combat experience, tens of thousands of elite troops of the 25th Division, which had surrounded Hengshui County, also drawn troops under the order of Wang Guoli, to prepare for the siege battle that followed.

A division command center built up by a tent, all officers at the battalion level and above of the 25th Division, without exception, gathered around the huge combat map, waiting for the division commander Wang Guorui to issue specific siege orders.

After a quick glance at the anticipated and excited subordinates around him, Wang Guoli drew a telegram and said, "Brothers, before I issue the specific mission, I will tell you a good news first... With the approval of the Commander-in-Chief, in the next siege battle, an air force fighter of a fighter-bomber squadron will cooperate with our army to siege..."

During the process of the troops surrounding Hengshui County, through the sound of bomb explosions in the city from time to time, a trace of excitement flashed across the faces of anticipation. Because they all knew that with the elite air combat bombers, the entire siege battle would become easier.

Wang Guoli saw everything with the ever-changing expressions on everyone's faces at a glance. However, in the face of successive victory, Wang Guoli, who was also a little too confident, did not say anything to remind his subordinates.

Because, through the ambush against Gao Shuxun's army, facing the huge results of the battle, Wang Guoli's heart had gradually developed a proud and complacent idea: no matter how powerful the enemy is, it will become vulnerable in front of the powerful soldiers of the Ninth Army.

Without any hesitation, he continued to order with confidence: "Brothers, now I will deploy specific combat missions..."

"All troops except the First Battalion shall be personally commanded by the First Regiment Commander, and will attack at the west gate of Hengshui County..."

"All the troops of the Second Regiment except the First Battalion shall be personally commanded by the commander of the Second Regiment and attacked at the south gate of Hengshui County..."

"Three groups..."

"The remaining three main battalions of the three infantry regiments, including the division-level troops and the field artillery regiment, are commanded by me personally and attacked at the east gate of Hengshui County. I will give you an hour to prepare time. After one hour, four directions of the city gates will launch an attack at the same time. Whoever attacks Hengshui County will be the main attacking force..."

Although the hundreds of mountain artillery under the command of Wang Guoli were drawn by Li Guosheng, they were unable to participate in the war. However, the more than 500 mortars under the command of Wang Guoli still taught Sun Lianzhong a lesson in the city at the first time, what is saturated artillery fire strike?

The dense mortar shells, like eyes, fell on the city wall very accurately and exploded, causing a ball of orange-red fireballs...

In the blink of an eye, the four walls were shrouded in a layer of thick smoke and artillery fire. Sun Lianzhong, who was standing at the only commanding height at the command center, faced the heroic scene that he had never seen before, and his solemn facial expression subconsciously twitched. He knew that after this unprecedented violent shelling, the four main battalions that were still standing on the four walls would definitely be left...

"The equipment and artillery fire of the Ninth Army are indeed extraordinary... Chief of Staff, fortunately, I heard your suggestion. Otherwise, without the cover of the city defense fortifications, we can have no room for retaliation with the artillery fire in front of us..." Division Commander Sun Lianzhong said with a lucky look on his face.

However, no matter how emotional he was, he did not forget the soldiers under his command who were still suffering from the artillery fire of the Ninth Army on all sides.

After staring at the artillery fire on the outer city wall a few hundred meters for a minute, he spoke again: "Chief of Staff, the artillery fire of the Ninth Army is too fierce. If we rely on the city wall to hold on, we can be sure that many people will be killed by the opponent's shells. Therefore, for us, the city wall is a bloody mouth that specifically devours soldiers' lives."

"Master, you mean to give up the fortifications of the city walls..." the chief of staff asked thoughtfully.

"Yes..." Sun Lianzhong nodded without comment and said.

"The reason why the Ninth Army's military front is always invincible. One of the most important factors is the advantage of equipment, especially the advantage of artillery fire. Once we weaken the opponent's advantage, then where the winning and losing balance of the entire battle will eventually become an unknown..."

"Give up the city walls, use a large number of street fighting fortifications in the city to fight street fighting with the Ninth Army. The large number of artillery equipped by the Ninth Army will lose its effect. At that time, the enemy and our army will evolve into a melee battle with real swords and guns. The more than 10,000 Northwest Army soldiers in our hands are least afraid of is to fight with real swords and guns with the enemy."

"With real swords and guns, my Northwest Army will not be afraid of anyone... Master, give orders..." As soon as Sun Lianzhong finished speaking, his subordinates composed of the Northwest Han Han spoke to support him.

"Very good. Everyone is worthy of being the man in the northwest and the pride of my Northwest Army. Now I order..."

Ten minutes of artillery fire preparation is already very long for the mortar cluster. Because, with the very high firing rate of mortars, at least 50,000 mortar shells were poured onto the four walls in just ten minutes.

The sound of cannons stopped, and the long city wall had been blown out of recognition. Looking around, soldiers were covered with broken limbs and broken arms, wall bricks that had been completely dyed red by blood, and corpses with broken arms...

After ten minutes of artillery fire, there were less than one hundred people who had luckily withdrawn from the city wall.

The remnants of one hundred people were evenly distributed on four walls, with only two infantry squads on each side. Facing the attacking troops of the 25th Division that were quickly attacking outside the city, the two infantry squads had no effect at all and were submerged in the yellow wave of the attacking troops of the 25th Division.

The offensive troops of the four main battalions of the 25th Division successfully occupied the city wall without encountering any meaningful resistance. Then, they drew elite troops to take advantage of the victory and continue to attack in Hengshui County.

"The third company stayed at the city wall, responsible for providing fire cover, waiting for subsequent attacking troops to enter the city... The first company and the second company continued to assault forward and attacked the enemy command in the city. Brothers, for victory, kill..."

More than 300 officers and soldiers led by machine guns and submachine guns quickly rushed down the city wall and rushed into the streets and alleys of Hengshui County.

Assaulted ten meters forward... the troops encountered no resistance.

Assault twenty meters forward... The troops still did not encounter resistance...

More than 300 people rushed forward for a distance of fifty meters. There was still no sign of the enemy on the wide street, let alone the enemy's counterattack.

Faced with such a strange situation, the face of the battalion commander of the battalion of the regiment was immediately covered with a solemn expression. He spoke with a look of uneasiness: "No, there is a problem here. According to the order, more than 10,000 Northwest Army were stationed in the city, and there were at least two thousand people in the direction of our attack. Why haven't we encountered the enemy's resistance for so long? Could it be that the thousands of Northwest Army defending in front of us have all been blown to death on the city wall... But that's impossible, there are not so many enemy corpses on the city wall at all..."

"Battleman, I also think something is wrong. It's too quiet here and it's not something that a battlefield can show..." The company commander beside him frowned immediately after the battalion commander reminded him and said.

"Quiet, yes, it's quiet... After the shelling just now, how could it be so quiet here..."

After the words came, the battalion commander of the first battalion who was carefully observing the situation on both sides of the street suddenly found a gun barrel that was constantly rushing out of the houses on both sides. Suddenly, beads of sweat as big as beans flowed down directly from his forehead. At this time, if the battalion commander of the first battalion did not understand his situation, his battalion commander would sit in vain.

Looking at his subordinates who were completely trapped in the encirclement, the first battalion commander exclaimed directly and shouted loudly to his subordinates: "Retreat, hurry, the troops retreat immediately

More than 300 well-trained officers and soldiers, when they heard this inexplicable order, were about to turn around and retreat. A burst of gunfire sounded like beans, and it was already heard in the houses on both sides. In the blink of an eye, more than 300 officers and soldiers who were still standing in the center of the street had already fallen down.

As for the rest, although he had already reacted from his surprise and quickly lay down to the ground, wanting to fight back. However, there was no cover on the bare street that could be hidden. Even if he was lying on the ground, his subordinates were still the targets for the other party to keep shooting.

Seeing the number of subordinates who were constantly being shot and falling to the ground, the number of battalion commanders had the intention to commit suicide. However, he was not the one who was waiting for death. Under the protection of the guards, he quickly lay down to the ground. He picked up the submachine gun of a dead guard beside the ground and shot the houses that kept firing bullets on both sides of the street.

The gunshot sounded, and a scream spread directly from the room. Faced with an effective counterattack, a hint of surprise flashed across the face of the battalion commander. He changed into a magazine again, and roared loudly at the remaining subordinates while squirting.

"Brothers, fight back immediately... If you want to survive, you must destroy the enemies around you and beat me hard..."

Although more than 300 officers and soldiers of the first battalion lost more than half. However, as long as they reacted from their shock and organized counterattack firepower, the large amount of automatic firepower equipped by the two infantry companies still made the enemy unable to lift their heads at the first time. Suddenly, the precise bullets that were still firing out on both sides of the street had become invisibly messy.

The enemy's firepower was suppressed, and an opportunity to get rid of the predicament in front of him opened directly to the first battalion. A battalion commander, who had a surprise flashed quickly on his face, took out two grenades from a corpse beside him, and shouted loudly again.

"Brothers, throw grenades...grenade cover, retreat immediately..."

Dozens of grenades flew in and received an explosion in the houses on both sides. The already messy gunshots became even more messy at this moment. However, this also caused a bad result.

The Northwest Army soldiers who were worried that using grenades on the street would cause them to accidentally injured themselves. Seeing that the Ninth Army, which was breaking through quickly, began to use grenades in advance, had no scruples and took out the grenades, pulled the fire, and threw them into the bare street.

The dense grenade explosion sounded on the streets, and the strong smoke from the grenade explosion immediately completely enveloped the streets dozens of meters long. Although the grenades thrown by the Northwest Army soldiers had amazing lethality on the streets. However, because the smoke blocked their sight, most of the grenades fell into vain.

However, even so, hundreds of grenades still caused more than half of the loss of the battalion, causing dozens of casualties to the officers and soldiers again.

In the end, the two infantry companies had less than a hundred remaining troops, and with the support of the three companies on the city wall, they successfully withdrew from the battlefield.

A main battalion caused heavy casualties to more than 200 people due to its blind assault. At the same time, the attacking troops in the other three directions were more or less sharply counterattacked by Sun Lianzhong's troops, causing heavy losses.

"Bang..." The angry Wang Guoli directly slapped the battle report in his hand on the table. He said angrily: "Cunning Sun Lianzhong, it seems that my Wang Guoli has underestimated you... Chief of Staff, in the first round of attack, how many people have been lost in my 25th Division."

"The division seats, due to the blind advancement of the troops, coupled with the enemy's ambush and counterattacks, all of the four main battalions that attacked the city suffered heavy losses without exception. According to statistics, the four main battalions had a total of 1,286 casualties. Among them, 1,159 were killed and the bodies were also left in the city and could not be brought back in a short period of time..."

In addition, the casualties caused by the ambush Gao Shuxun. In just one day, the losses of the 25th Division had exceeded 20%. In addition, the enemy took the initiative to give up the city wall and wanted to fight street battles with him, allowing him to give up his firepower advantage and corresponding equipment advantages. He did not want to pay too much casualties for this, so he directly ordered the troops to stick to the city wall and stop this attack that continued to consume his subordinates' lives.

"Chief of Staff, Sun Lianzhong's playing style directly weakened our various advantages. Now it seems that it is impossible to take down Sun Lianzhong in front of us with just one unit of the 25th Division. What I mean is to report the situation facing our army immediately and request reinforcements from the headquarters..." Wang Guoli, who has always been unwilling to give in, had to order to reduce the casualties of the troops as much as possible.
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